No approval of events featuring ‘No Cap’ artiste – St James Supt

The St James police have advised promoters that no approval will be granted for events which feature an entertainer who has a song which promotes the mowing down of members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) who are on traffic duties.

The stance that is being taken by the St James police  is a direct reaction to the recent tragic death of one of their colleagues, Constable Linroy Codner, who died on Sunday at the Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny where he was hospitalised in critical condition after being mowed down by a motorist in Granville, St James on Friday, October 4.

Since then, a song by entertainer Eddy G, entitled ‘No Cap’, which has the line, “Betta move yuh speeda gun, the beast a cum, mi wi lick dung police a grung”, has gone viral.

“I personally will not approve of that artiste performing anywhere in St James, I can tell you that much,” said commander of the St James Police Division, Superintendent Eron Samuels, while addressing members of the media on Tuesday. 

"Because (of) the emotions that will be evoked by police officers, I don’t think it will be right for us losing a member in such a manner and giving support to that kind of song," Samuels elaborated.

It was reported that on Friday, October 4, the police were conducting a roadblock exercise along the Granville main road in the vicinity of St Johns, when Codner signalled the driver of a white Toyota Probox motorcar to stop.

The driver reportedly slowed down and upon reaching close to the police officer, sped up, hitting the cop and sending him over a precipice that was said to be some 50-70 feet deep.

Codner was rescued from the precipice and taken to the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St James, then was later transferred to the Falmouth Hospital in neighbouring Trelawny, where he was admitted until he died.